Speak Up! // Mothers-to-be must demand their rights
It’s 4:30 a.m. and I am awakened by the ringing of my phone. It’s time! A beautiful neshamah is about to enter this world,...
Beyond Exhaustion // For years it felt like I was dragging myself around...
It all started with yawning. It didn’t matter where I was and it was very embarrassing. I would do my best to stifle the...
Over There // My mother’s certainty, in uncertain times
I’d just finished making a huge pot of soup and had turned off the flame, when somewhere in the crowded refrigerator, I recalled seeing...
Is Honesty Always the Best Policy? // My mother-in-law’s treasures have become...
I love my mother-in-law. She’s smart, warm and one of the most easygoing people I know. Her advice is always spot on, but she...
My New World // A widow learns to find beauty and meaning ...
I turn the pages of the calendar and suddenly realize that it is almost time to commemorate the anniversary of My New Life. I...
Mothers-to-Be & the Shot // Should You Take the Covid-19 Vaccine During Pregnancy?
“What will I do without you?”
wailed the distraught husband. The funeral of Osnat Ben Shitrit in Jerusalem’s Har Hamenuchot Cemetery was unspeakably tragic. Just 32...
Too Chicken to Remarry? // A divorced man’s life gets complicated when Purim and...
To really understand how Dovid Fishbein got me to go out on a date with a woman from out of town three days before...
Saying Yes Again // The “second acceptance” of Purim and life’s difficulties
Purim 1986. Brooklyn, New York. My chasan, Nachman, asked me to help him check his new megillah. He leined from the megillah, and I...
Iran Then & Now, My Story
“Before the revolution, Iran was a Westernized country where its citizens enjoyed freedom of religion and other rights. But when Khomeini came into power,...
The Gilded Cage // Sorele Brownstein shares why Esther Hamalkah’s life is relevant to...
I understand that your book The Gilded Cage: Queen Esther’s Untold Story is a historical novel.
While I based most of the information on mefarshim,...
